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NBC to air new 'Parks and Recreation' episode with original cast
"A Parks and Recreation Special" is slated to air on NBC April 30.
How focusing on the age of pandemic victims could blind us to the bigger picture
Provinces have started thinking about how to get back to normal as the number of pandemic deaths among Canada's oldest people continues to grow.
Famous birthdays for April 24: Kelly Clarkson, Kehlani
Singer Kelly Clarkson turns 38 and singer Kehlani turns 25, among the famous birthdays for April 24.
On This Day, April 24: Pope Benedict XVI holds inaugural mass
On April 24, 2005, Benedict XVI was installed in Rome as the 265th Roman Catholic pope.
Groups urge US EPA to strengthen PFAS rule
Latest proposal to restrict imports containing certain long-chain PFAS is narrower in scope than original
'Jurassic Park' in Eastern Morocco: Paleontology of the Kem Kem Group
The Kem Kem beds in Morocco are famous for the spectacular fossils found there, including at least four large-bodied non-avian theropods, several large-bodied pterosaurs and crocodilians.
Once dinosaurs were gone, some birds evolved big brains
After analyzing the brain volumes of dinosaurs, as well as those of both extinct birds and modern birds, scientists were able to reconstruct the evolution of the avian brain.
Archaeologists verify Florida's Mound Key as location of elusive Spanish fort
Florida and Georgia archaeologists have discovered the location of Fort San Antón de Carlos, home of one of the first Jesuit missions in North America. The Spanish fort was built...
Biologists investigate why the sweet taste of sugary foods diminishes when they're cool
Have you ever noticed how a bite of warm cherry pie fills your mouth with sweetness, but that same slice right out of the refrigerator isn't nearly as tempting? Scientists...
Watch: Firefighters rescue raccoon from Oregon skate park
Firefighters in Oregon came to the rescue of a raccoon that wandered into a closed skate park and got trapped at the bottom of a ramp.
How Arthur Miller speaks to our pandemic economy in 'Death of a Salesman'
A nation of Willy Lomans can find abundant truth in the "Death of a Salesman" character brought to tragic life by Dustin Hoffman and Brian Dennehy.
American Academy of Arts & Sciences announces new members
The American Academy of Arts & Sciences was founded in 1780 by John Adams, John Hancock, and others who believed the new republic should honor exceptionally accomplished individuals and engage them in advancing...
How birds evolved big brains
Evolutionary biologists and paleontologists have reconstructed the evolution of the avian brain using a massive dataset of brain volumes from dinosaurs, extinct birds like Archaeopteryx and the great auk, and...
Biologists investigate why the sweet taste of sugary foods diminishes when they're cool
Have you ever noticed how a bite of warm cherry pie fills your mouth with sweetness, but that same slice right out of the refrigerator isn't nearly as tempting? Scientists...
Archaeologists verify Florida's Mound Key as location of elusive Spanish fort
Florida and Georgia archaeologists have discovered the location of Fort San Antón de Carlos, home of one of the first Jesuit missions in North America. The Spanish fort was built...
Why the sweet taste of sugary foods diminishes when they’re cool
Have you ever noticed how a bite of warm cherry pie fills your mouth with sweetness, but that same slice right out of the refrigerator isn’t nearly as tempting? Scientists...
Jurassic Park in eastern Morocco: Paleontology of the Kem Kem Group
The Kem Kem beds in Morocco are famous for the spectacular fossils found there, including at least four large-bodied non-avian theropods, and several large-bodied pterosaurs and crocodilians.
Elton John postpones remaining North American dates of farewell tour
Elton John will reschedule his North American "Farewell Yellow Brick Road" tour shows for 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The first frog fossil from Antarctica has been found
The first fossil of a frog found in Antarctica gives new insight into the continent’s ancient climate. Paleontologists uncovered fragments of the frog’s hip bone and skull in 40-million-year-old sediment collected from Seymour...
Fossil frogs offer insights into ancient Antarctica
The discovery of the earliest known modern amphibians in Antarctica provides further evidence of a warm and temperate climate in the Antarctic Peninsula before its separation from the southern supercontinent,...
Researchers traces the history of brain evolution from tyrannosaurs to modern crows
An international team of evolutionary biologists and paleontologists have reconstructed the evolution of the avian brain using a massive dataset of brain volumes from dinosaurs, extinct birds like Archaeopteryx and...
Their beautifully curated vintage-book pop-ups were thriving. Along came coronavirus
Nick Capizzi and Jenny Yang founded A Good Used Book in 2018 as an itinerant book-browsing mecca. Now they're surviving on hope and Instagram.
As humanity hides from coronavirus, wildlife reclaims lost territory
Naturalist Gerry Hans stood in the middle of a lonely road in Griffith Park on Saturday, inhaled deeply though his face mask and admired the natural sights and sounds of...
Look: Paul Nassif, wife Brittany expecting daughter
Paul Nassif, the ex-husband of "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" alum Adrienne Maloof, is expecting a daughter with his wife, Brittany Nassif.
Asteroid visiting Earth’s neighborhood brings its own face mask
The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico is following an asteroid approaching Earth this week and while it poses no threat, it appears to know our planet is facing a pandemic....
Museums are his oxygen, but what happens when COVID-19 shutters culture?
81-year-old Ben Barcelona is L.A.'s most devoted museum-goer. But what happens when the coronavirus shutters culture in California?
Giant 'teenager' shark from the dinosaur era identified from vertebrae remains
Scientists of the University of Vienna have examined parts of a vertebral column found in northern Spain in 1996, and assigned it to the extinct shark group Ptychodontidae. In contrast...
How kudzu became the 'bad seed' of the plant world
Under different circumstances, kudzu might be heralded for its utility—its leaves ideal for grazing cattle, its root a treatment for stomach upset. Instead, the climbing and coiling perennial vine is...